Right now we're not just looking back at the last month, we're looking back at the last year.
Sure, there have been some disappointments. And some promising games have slipped into 2015. But gosh, these last 11 months have supplied us with some incredible experiences.
And it's more than likely that some of the games below - which come from our reviews of iOS games released in November - will...
After a month of being on iOS, the Bronze Award-winning Run Sackboy! Run! has found its footing on Android.
It's a patchwork endless runner derived from the LittleBigPlanet games. You win nothing for guessing that you play as Sackboy as he runs through sidescrolling levels - not with that title.
As you have him spring and jump to escape the Negativitron, you'll collect power-ups, stickers, a...
Updated on December 1st at 15:35: Today, Square Enix has officially announced Heavenstrike Rivals after quietly soft-launching it last week.
Currently, it's available in Canada and Australia. The plan is to have it released globally on iOS and Android this winter.
Original story follows...
Square Enix has quietly released a free to play PvP strategy RPG on Android. It's called Hea...
Team17 has updated the Silver Award-winning Worms 3 so that you can feel festive while blowing up tough-talking cartoon earthworms.
Rather than mines, there are now Christmas puddings that I presume also explode. Instead of weapon crates you arm your team from gift-wrapped presents.
Santa will also ride over the battlefield to deliver any strike-based attacks from the comfort of his bell...
Star Troll has an arcade heart. It's a one-try, one-finger shooter that sees you weaving through retro obstacles in an open top spaceship.
But that heart is decidedly cruel, and for your first few tries you won't even make it to the boss that punctuates the end of each level.
And for some that's going to be a massive put-off. But if you're willing to put in the practice, there's a reasonably...
Kemco's latest RPG Revenant Saga is about exacting revenge on a most abhorrent person.
It's a mad scientist who killed many of Albert's closest friends through deception. Now this scientist has performed an experiment on Albert that has placed a revenant inside his body.
Albert only signed up for this experiment as he was told it might lead to a potential cure for friend's sick parents. It w...
Aviary Attorney is a bird lawyering game, by which I mean, it's about a falcon who is a defence attorney. You could say it's a mix of Phoenix Wright and Hatoful Boyfriend.
As Monsieur Jayjay Falcon, it's your job to gather evidence and present a defence case in court.
Your client is Lady Caterline Demiaou, a bourgeoisie kitten who claims to have been framed for murder while at a political b...
It's not often that an endless runner can make you smile from the get-go. But that's exactly what oh my giraffe does.
It's a simple game about extending a giraffe's neck to eat fruits while avoiding the attentions of the big cats that prowl around the pixel art savannah.
And it's about as delightful as it sounds. It may be a little shallow for some, but there's a fun, compulsive high score-c...
It's December! The year is on its last legs, it can feel the cold in its bones, and it's had a cough that it hasn't been able to shake since October! And all of that can only mean one thing.
That's right, it's time for the Pocket Gamer Advent Calendar. Every day between now and Christmas we're going to highlight a free game that you definitely should download.
It might be that the game's on ...
If you want to make a new handheld retro gaming console, where do you go? Kickstarter of course! And that's where you'll find the Raspberry Pi-powered eNcade as it's crowdfunding campaign comes to a photo-finish close.
Although the 3D printed prototypes might look a bit rough around the edges right now, this console has some features that'll get any retro gamer's thumbs itching.
Portable Pi
...
Updated on December 1st 2014, at 09:50: It's Cyber Monday! Another made up holiday that forces you to constantly refresh websites to see if anything worthwhile is going cheap.
The Thanksgiving and Black Friday sales are mostly still going strong, so we'll just keep adding to this list and telling you what's best to spend your hard earned iTunes gift cards on.
Original article follows...
...
Late last week, we headed to the Basque Country in Northern Spain to check out Bilbao's hoPlay gaming festival and hold our latest Big Indie Pitch.
As ever, this is a chance for developers to show their games to a cadre of games journalists. The catch is that they've only got three minutes to sell us on their game before they're whisked off to the next table.
The quality of these games was o...
King's sequel to the ever-popular Candy Crush Saga was unleashed upon the world this week, with the developer pushing its new Soda Saga promotion video to 100 million people in seven countries on its launch day. Intrusitve, costly, but no doubt effective.
Elsewhere, UA platform NativeX put Santa Claus to shame by launching a brand new promotion, with the Minnesota-based mobile advertising outfi...
It's not unusual for developers to thrust animals into unusual settings. We've had monkeys trapped in giant balls, foxes piloting spaceships, and now - courtesy of Aqua Kitty DX - we have a cat at the helm of a submarine.
But don't call the RSPCA just yet, because Aqua Kitty has a serious job to do.
In a feline dystopia where milk has become rare and precious, cats are left with no option bu...
Playcrab have today launched the exciting new action-RPG, Dynasty of Dungeons. The game is a little bit more hardcore than your average mobile dungeon runner, so for that reason we've come up with a list of seven tips to help get you started on your boss-stomping adventure.
Pick a strategy and train your demons with it in mind
Training your Overlord is relatively expensive, so it's wise to p...
The Peter Molyneux-led free-to-play god game Godus has finally arrived on Android whether you wanted it to or not.
Using your fingers, you grow and mold the landscape while looking over your followers as they survive upon these primal lands with your help.
You can use miracles to create rivers and throw meteors if, for some reason, you want to cause huge fires.
Despite being released and ...
New Zealand-based iOS programmer Vitaly Pronkin is working on a native Dwarf Fortress app for iOS.
Pronkin made the announcement this week in the Bay 12 Forums.
When asked to explain how his project works, Pronkin explained that it's not a port of Dwarf Fortress, but an iOS app communicating with a dfhack plugin.
Presuming it doesn't get shut down by original Dwarf Fortress developer Bay ...
Every Friday, Pocket Gamer offers hands-on impressions of the week's three best new Android games.
Valiant Hearts: The Great War
By Ubisoft Montpellier - buy on Android (£2.99 / $4.99)
There have been many games about war, and among all of them, Valiant Hearts stands out.
It trades the usual cavalcade of the first-person shooter for more of a focus on stealth and puzzle-solving. But...
In board games, it's not uncommon for a popular set of mechanics to get adapted across a range of different themes.
One of the most popular such systems is Commands Colors. It's seen service from the battlefields of ancient Rome, through to the age of rifles, and up to World War 2.
All the games work on the same basic premise. The battlefield is divided into three sections and you have a h...
With the arrival of Black Friday and Cyber Monday this weekend there's plenty of limited-time discounts on hardware.
There's so much of it, in fact, that it warrants a round-up. So, being the kind folks we are, we're providing one for you.
So, if you're looking for a new Android tablet, or perhaps one of those fancy new smartwatches, then now's your chance to satiate your desires and save so...
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Right now we're not just looking back at the last month, we're looking back at the last year.
Sure, there have been some disappointments. And some promising games have slipped into 2015. But gosh, these last 11 months have supplied us with some incredible experiences.
And it's more than likely that some of the games below - which come from our reviews of iOS games released in November - will...
After a month of being on iOS, the Bronze Award-winning Run Sackboy! Run! has found its footing on Android.
It's a patchwork endless runner derived from the LittleBigPlanet games. You win nothing for guessing that you play as Sackboy as he runs through sidescrolling levels - not with that title.
As you have him spring and jump to escape the Negativitron, you'll collect power-ups, stickers, a...![[Update] Heavenstrike Rivals is a new free to play multiplayer strategy RPG from Square Enix for Android](http://www.pocketgamer.co.uk/artwork/thumbs/na-gucbc_heavenstrike-rivals-android-1_jpg_100.jpg)
Updated on December 1st at 15:35: Today, Square Enix has officially announced Heavenstrike Rivals after quietly soft-launching it last week.
Currently, it's available in Canada and Australia. The plan is to have it released globally on iOS and Android this winter.
Original story follows...
Square Enix has quietly released a free to play PvP strategy RPG on Android. It's called Hea...
Team17 has updated the Silver Award-winning Worms 3 so that you can feel festive while blowing up tough-talking cartoon earthworms.
Rather than mines, there are now Christmas puddings that I presume also explode. Instead of weapon crates you arm your team from gift-wrapped presents.
Santa will also ride over the battlefield to deliver any strike-based attacks from the comfort of his bell...
Star Troll has an arcade heart. It's a one-try, one-finger shooter that sees you weaving through retro obstacles in an open top spaceship.
But that heart is decidedly cruel, and for your first few tries you won't even make it to the boss that punctuates the end of each level.
And for some that's going to be a massive put-off. But if you're willing to put in the practice, there's a reasonably...
Kemco's latest RPG Revenant Saga is about exacting revenge on a most abhorrent person.
It's a mad scientist who killed many of Albert's closest friends through deception. Now this scientist has performed an experiment on Albert that has placed a revenant inside his body.
Albert only signed up for this experiment as he was told it might lead to a potential cure for friend's sick parents. It w...
Aviary Attorney is a bird lawyering game, by which I mean, it's about a falcon who is a defence attorney. You could say it's a mix of Phoenix Wright and Hatoful Boyfriend.
As Monsieur Jayjay Falcon, it's your job to gather evidence and present a defence case in court.
Your client is Lady Caterline Demiaou, a bourgeoisie kitten who claims to have been framed for murder while at a political b...
It's not often that an endless runner can make you smile from the get-go. But that's exactly what oh my giraffe does.
It's a simple game about extending a giraffe's neck to eat fruits while avoiding the attentions of the big cats that prowl around the pixel art savannah.
And it's about as delightful as it sounds. It may be a little shallow for some, but there's a fun, compulsive high score-c...
It's December! The year is on its last legs, it can feel the cold in its bones, and it's had a cough that it hasn't been able to shake since October! And all of that can only mean one thing.
That's right, it's time for the Pocket Gamer Advent Calendar. Every day between now and Christmas we're going to highlight a free game that you definitely should download.
It might be that the game's on ...
If you want to make a new handheld retro gaming console, where do you go? Kickstarter of course! And that's where you'll find the Raspberry Pi-powered eNcade as it's crowdfunding campaign comes to a photo-finish close.
Although the 3D printed prototypes might look a bit rough around the edges right now, this console has some features that'll get any retro gamer's thumbs itching.
Portable Pi
...![[Update] The very best iPad and iPhone games on sale this Cyber Monday](http://www.pocketgamer.co.uk/artwork/thumbs/na-qozshd_the-banner-saga-11_jpg_100.jpg)
Updated on December 1st 2014, at 09:50: It's Cyber Monday! Another made up holiday that forces you to constantly refresh websites to see if anything worthwhile is going cheap.
The Thanksgiving and Black Friday sales are mostly still going strong, so we'll just keep adding to this list and telling you what's best to spend your hard earned iTunes gift cards on.
Original article follows...
...
Late last week, we headed to the Basque Country in Northern Spain to check out Bilbao's hoPlay gaming festival and hold our latest Big Indie Pitch.
As ever, this is a chance for developers to show their games to a cadre of games journalists. The catch is that they've only got three minutes to sell us on their game before they're whisked off to the next table.
The quality of these games was o...
King's sequel to the ever-popular Candy Crush Saga was unleashed upon the world this week, with the developer pushing its new Soda Saga promotion video to 100 million people in seven countries on its launch day. Intrusitve, costly, but no doubt effective.
Elsewhere, UA platform NativeX put Santa Claus to shame by launching a brand new promotion, with the Minnesota-based mobile advertising outfi...
It's not unusual for developers to thrust animals into unusual settings. We've had monkeys trapped in giant balls, foxes piloting spaceships, and now - courtesy of Aqua Kitty DX - we have a cat at the helm of a submarine.
But don't call the RSPCA just yet, because Aqua Kitty has a serious job to do.
In a feline dystopia where milk has become rare and precious, cats are left with no option bu...
Playcrab have today launched the exciting new action-RPG, Dynasty of Dungeons. The game is a little bit more hardcore than your average mobile dungeon runner, so for that reason we've come up with a list of seven tips to help get you started on your boss-stomping adventure.
Pick a strategy and train your demons with it in mind
Training your Overlord is relatively expensive, so it's wise to p...
The Peter Molyneux-led free-to-play god game Godus has finally arrived on Android whether you wanted it to or not.
Using your fingers, you grow and mold the landscape while looking over your followers as they survive upon these primal lands with your help.
You can use miracles to create rivers and throw meteors if, for some reason, you want to cause huge fires.
Despite being released and ...
New Zealand-based iOS programmer Vitaly Pronkin is working on a native Dwarf Fortress app for iOS.
Pronkin made the announcement this week in the Bay 12 Forums.
When asked to explain how his project works, Pronkin explained that it's not a port of Dwarf Fortress, but an iOS app communicating with a dfhack plugin.
Presuming it doesn't get shut down by original Dwarf Fortress developer Bay ...
Every Friday, Pocket Gamer offers hands-on impressions of the week's three best new Android games.
Valiant Hearts: The Great War
By Ubisoft Montpellier - buy on Android (£2.99 / $4.99)
There have been many games about war, and among all of them, Valiant Hearts stands out.
It trades the usual cavalcade of the first-person shooter for more of a focus on stealth and puzzle-solving. But...
In board games, it's not uncommon for a popular set of mechanics to get adapted across a range of different themes.
One of the most popular such systems is Commands Colors. It's seen service from the battlefields of ancient Rome, through to the age of rifles, and up to World War 2.
All the games work on the same basic premise. The battlefield is divided into three sections and you have a h...
With the arrival of Black Friday and Cyber Monday this weekend there's plenty of limited-time discounts on hardware.
There's so much of it, in fact, that it warrants a round-up. So, being the kind folks we are, we're providing one for you.
So, if you're looking for a new Android tablet, or perhaps one of those fancy new smartwatches, then now's your chance to satiate your desires and save so...
